Queen Elizabeth II | 1926-2022 | Rest in Peace

horsechoker said:
Instead of cancelling fixtures, can the players all play in a plain black strip with Elizabeth on the back (like they did with black lives matter)?
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Unfortunately it doesn’t look like she'll last till this weekend, if indeed she hasn’t already passed
 
Dan_F said:
My Brother in law told me it’s being announced at 6pm, he works in the Air Force. Although he could have just read something online, I couldn’t even be bothered to ask where he got the information from.

The only reason I think not is that it would have had to been quite sudden. Obviously that’s not uncommon, but you’d have thought a team of doctors would be able to detect the slightest change in order to get the family up there quicker.
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It’s not as easy as you’d think. Some folk wither away slowly and you can make that decision pretty easily, others, particularly the ones that are pretty sprightly for their age, just fall off a cliff.

Theres been a fair few occasions I come in to see someone and I think ‘fecking hell, what the hell happened to you?! You were fine a couple of days ago and now you look like a bag of shit’.
 
There’s a thread in the general and one in here about the same topic.

Assumed the one in here is meant to be for the more serious updates?
 
they're acting as if the world has ended. a 96 year old woman has died. historically important. ok. my suspicion that this would resemble stalin levels of insanity and hysteria appears to have been on point.

the levels of indoctrination are impressive. when stalin died everyone in the west said "look at how they all pretend to care about him because they're afraid of what happens if they don't mourn". explain this one to me, then. none of you knew this woman. you saw her on television. maybe you met her once at a mass meet and greet. it's madness.
 
12OunceEpilogue said:
I can live without actively mocking the given royal but if you're mocking the state of the song and dance around the institution at times like this you can have free reign in my book. I'll have some fecking respect for the British establishment when they have some fecking respect for me and my class.
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+1

I am not celebrating the queen dying and wish her nothing but peace but hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of the royal family as it is in the UK and for that I am delighted.
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
Unfortunately it doesn’t look like she'll last till this weekend, if indeed she hasn’t already passed
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Think there's an embargo until 6pm, I expect an announcement in 1 hour 15 minutes that she's passed.

There's rumours that ITV is already readying the death outcome news, and BBC too. This is the time they're preparing to break the news in full IMO.
 
TheNewEra said:
Think there's an embargo until 6pm, I expect an announcement in 1 hour 15 minutes that she's passed.

There's rumours that ITV is already readying the death outcome news, and BBC too. This is the time they're preparing to break the news in full IMO.
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Where have you seen this?
 
This whole project is a farce imo. Hopefully in 100 years they'll look back at this and laugh about the media hysteria for an event like this.
 
TheReligion said:
Where have you seen this?
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Twitter rumours, nothing concrete.

But the BBC said earlier (officially) all programmes suspended until 6PM which would make sense if there's an embargo to release the news.

Outlets would need time to prepare everything, although they'll already have media prepared you'd think.

Politicians wearing black, the family all gathering and the media paying tribute to her already... and then trying to say IF she does, I think it's pretty much saying she's passed.

I haven't had this feeling since Lady Diana passed.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
There’s no fecking way they cancel Europa league fixtures, is there? Why should Real Sociedad fans have their fun ruined?!
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More important things than football, but I can see the clubs cancelling the fixture or they'll look bad publicly.

"Manchester United are playing football on the day of the Queens death"
 
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TheNewEra said:
Twitter rumours, nothing concrete.

But the BBC said earlier (officially) all programmes suspended until 6PM which would make sense if there's an embargo to release the news.

Outlets would need time to prepare everything, although they'll already have media prepared you'd think.

Politicians wearing black, the family all gathering and the media paying tribute to her already... and then trying to say IF she does, I think it's pretty much saying she's passed.

I haven't had this feeling since Lady Diana passed.
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Me either. I felt almost from the beginning that she had passed. The only thing I don't feel I know is when they announce. I think they wait until Harry is there then they announce.
 
TheNewEra said:
Twitter rumours, nothing concrete.

But the BBC said earlier (officially) all programmes suspended until 6PM which would make sense if there's an embargo to release the news.

Outlets would need time to prepare everything, although they'll already have media prepared you'd think.

Politicians wearing black, the family all gathering and the media paying tribute to her already... and then trying to say IF she does, I think it's pretty much saying she's passed.

I haven't had this feeling since Lady Diana passed.
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Makes sense. I agree she’s likely passed but yes if the BBC have said that then it suggests something will be announced at 6pm
 
TheNewEra said:
More important things than football, but I can see the clubs cancelling the transfer or they'll look bad publicly.

"Manchester United are playing football on the day of the Queens death"
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Cancelling the transfer?

And who gives a shit about the type of gobshite who would think Manchester United look bad for fulfilling their commitments?
 
TheNewEra said:
More important things than football, but I can see the clubs cancelling the transfer or they'll look bad publicly.

"Manchester United are playing football on the day of the Queens death"
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The devil wins a 96 year long game, the red devils should get to win too
 
So will the national anthem now change to god save the king?
 
Infra-red said:
Would be a bit perverse to carry on singing "God save the Queen", when she was dead!
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That's what I figured, but I wasn't sure if songs change etc. It just all seems a bit surreal doesn't it.
 
iammemphis said:
State of this ffs. The amount of posters here mocking the death (or eventual) of a 96 year old woman has suprised me. Dislike the monarchy all you like but she's not exactly Jimmy Saville. Have some fecking respect.
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This isn't mocking anyone, you soppy git. It's called satire. The fact that the entire country is waiting on news, and Fabrizio Romano could be the one to break the story is funny on many levels. Especially with this being a football forum which is of no importance to anyone but ourselves.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
I’m getting more and more angry about the idea that the Europa league games should be cancelled…
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Only games involving English clubs. If it was the other way around and Felipe VI of Spain died today, I would expect Real Sociedad to cancel tonight.
 
I mean, those on here who've lost a parent will appreciate that the first thing you do when you know things are bad is try to get to see them before they die. It's kind of what non-royals do, too.
 
We're not cancelling the caf when it happens, right?
 
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